>> well, i think this is a highly politicized story and, clearly, president obama has an advantage in the polls when it comes to who do you trust to handle terrorism, foreign affairs, and that's unusual for a democrat. and it looks like this is an attempt by the romney campaign to somehow drag the president down in that way. a poll done by fox just this week said a plurality of americans don't think the president's lying, but they think this whole story's been mishandled. and to jonah's point that it's a news story, he's right, it is a news story, but there's been lots of accounts from the pentagon and cia that have to be taken into account. megyn: we have yet to have a presidential press conference on it. thank you both so much for being here. >>> president obama promised he would reintroduce legislation to ban assault weapons. we're taking a closer look at it. william la jeunesse live in the l.a. >> reporter: well, megyn, if you look at swing states, they all have one thing in common; guns. and while gun rights wasn't an issue the last four years, it is now. >> this is a smith and w